Glass drawing and shaping machine.



No. 834,165. I PATENTED OCT.23, '1906. I

A. RASPILLAIRB. I GLASS DRAWING AND SHAPING MACHINE.

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AUGUST RASPILLAIRE, OF ii IORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE fIHIRD TO JOSEPH L KEENER AND ON E-THIRD TO W EST VIRGINIA.

GLASS DRAWlNG AND SHAPING MACHINE.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

' WARRIGK, OF MORGANTOWN,

JAMES P.

Patented Oct. 23, 1906,.

Application filed September 26, 1905- Serial No. 280,197-

To all whom'itma/y concern:

Beit known that I, AUcUsT RAsPILLAmn, a citizen of .the United States,- residing' at Morgantown, in the county of Monongalia and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful improvements in Glass Drawing and Shapmg'Machmes, of which the following is a specification,

.4 is a crosssectional elevation.

My invention relates to a machine for simultaneously drawing glass from a molten mass of glass and imparting desired shape to the draw. i

The invention has for its object to provide a machine including as elements thereof a former, which determines and imposes upon the draw the desired shape and a means cooperating therewith to draw the glass about or over said form or.

The invention has also for its object to improve the glass-drawing element oi the mechanism.

To the ends stated-the invention consists in the mechanism hereinafter described, and illustrated. in the accompanying drawings.

That which is regarded as new will be set forth in the clauses of claim appended to the description. p

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is afront elevation partly in section; Fig. 2, an end elevationof the former; Fig. 3,2. front elevation showing-the apparatus in practical cooperative relation to a bath of molten glass. Fig. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the bait-body. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the bait "and the leading end of the draw of glass, showing said bait open to permit detachment of the glass there from, .Eig. 7 is an elevation of a modified after $110 11} i'ullyi appear,-

form of-formerand bait. view of the apparatus shown. in Fig. 7. Fig.

tained within any Fig. 8 is a top plan 9 is a perspective, view of the bait shown in Fig. 7. l

.The molten glass to be drawn may be consuitable receptacle 1, which may be the forehearth of a glassanelt ing tank of any ordinary kind, from which in any known. We y the glass m ay' pass into the receptacle in the form cl. a moltcnmass 2.

My improved machine comprises a former 3, which, as shown, is of skeleton type, eonsisting oi a \cross arm 3 The function of theorosaarm, as will herein and vertical legs 3 fl is to separate the it leaves the molten mass into two sired cross-sectional shape and dimensions to the draw.

The former may be of any suitable configuration to imp art to the draw a tubular formation of any desired shape. That illustrated in the drawings isone the use of which will result in an oblong tubular draw, such as illustrated in Fig. 6. The former-may be'of other configuration-or instance, to draw a cylinder or hexagonal or octa onal tube. Preferably, andas shown, the Former is of skeleton form; but I'do not limit the invention in. its broader aspect to such character of former, though such is preferred as being more economical of manufacture and having greater facility of manipulation. The former is provided with means for circulation of a cooling fluid, such as air or water therethrough, for the purpose of keeping it cool to avoid possibility of the hot glass adhering thereto, and also for the purpose of chilling the walls of the glass interiorly as they leave the molten mass, imparting 'a partial set thereto.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in the actual practice of drawing glass with fan apparatus constructed according to my invention the former will be brought to the molten mass of glass until the cross-arm 3 at the lower end thereof is partially submerged in the mass.

I do notrestrict the apparatus to this item of use, but claim it for all practical. manners "of use to which it is capable. is drawn from the molten mass about and against the active shaping-surfaces of the former, sufiicient set is imparted to the separated walls of glass to maintain said walls in fiat-sheet form by the time the glass, as it is withdrawn,- )asses beyond the crossarm 3 by reason o the cooling influence of the former and the cooling effect of the external atmosphere. It is because of this sufficient setting of the walls of glass at this time that a solid rather than a skeleton former is not essential, and aside from the advantages attending a skeleton former, as hereinbefore set forth, thercis manifestly a minimumof 'iction as compared withwhat would exist if the walls of glass were drawn against the sides of asolidlformeri is pr'oper hereto When the glass V remark that the circulation of cooling fluid E through the former enables thicker walls of glass to be drawn than would otherwise be possible, and the thickness of the walls is determined mainly by the degree of chill of the former and the rate at which the glass is drawn from the molten mass.

In the illustrated example of my invention the Water-circulation is secured b T providing a closed conduit 4 through the tormer with. an induct-pipe 5, leading into the cross- .arm 3*, and educt-pipes 6, leading from the ends of the vertical legs.

Combined with the former is the drawing implement by which .the glass is drawn over or about said former. This drawing implement is shown in separated detail in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings and consists of a body 7 and a bait 8, detachably connected thereto. -ll1e drawing implement surrounds and is of cross -sectional dimensions and configure; tion corresponding to the effective like dimensions and. configuration of the former and has an operatively close fit to the former, whereby the glass in being drawn will contact with the active shaping-surfeces of the former to determine the cross-sectional size and shape or" the draw. The detachable connection of the body 7 and bait 8 is, in the illustrated example, by way ol perforated ears 9 on the body, through which pins are adapted to be entered and engage in recesses 10 in the bait. It is obvious that other means of connection may be employed. [is shown, the body is rabbeted about its lower edge, as shown at 11, and the bait is fitted into the rabbet, whereby the two parts when assembled will be flush. I provide that the bait may be opened to permit easy disconnection of the draw therefrom, and to this end construct it of two parts hinged together, as at 12, one of the free ends being provided with a perforated ear adapted to receive a pin or bolt or other suitable device carried by the other for holding the parts of the bait in closed operative relation.

To insure a firm engagement of the bait with the molten glass, a groove 13 is provided therein, which groove when the two parts of the bait are closed together in operative relation constitutes a continuous channel irito which when the bait is lowered into the molten mass ofglassa quantity of glass flows and becomes anchored, forming a connecting-link between the bait and the molten mass of glass, enabling the bait as it is drawn away from thesurfacc of the glass to ellcct a draw. To enhance the security of the engagement of the bait with the glass, means are rovided to compress the lip of glass whic flows into the groove of the bait and. chill the same. As shown, this means consists of a pressure device 14 in the shape of a band vertically movable with relation to [be groove '13. This pressure device is adapted to be forced against the lip of glass in the groove and compress the same and by coin tact therewith, as well as by the contact of such lip of glass with tho nmterial of the bail, the lip of glass is chilled and is not susceptible to cracking or breaking by expansion. This is because the lip of glass is completely chilled and set practically instantaneously.

The compressing device may be operated in any suitable manner, the means shown in the drawings consisting of levers 15, suitably connected at their outer cnc by crossicccs 16, to the centers of which ropes or cables 17 are connected. By drawing upon the ropes the pressure device can be lowered through the medium of links 1S, pivotally connected to the levers and joined to the pressure device 14 near the opposite ends thereof.

Coiled springs 19 surround the several links and have bearing against the pressure device 15 and against the wall of the body of the drawing implement, tending normally to hold the pressure device retracted and to return the same to such. retracted position when free to do so after the glsssdip-compressing operation has been. ei'l'ccted. When the drawing implement has been lowered into the molten bath and a lip of glass has flowed into the groove thereof, the pressure device is forced downward against the lip of glass by 5 pulling upon the rope, compressing the glass into the groove and chilling and sottin the same, after which the ropes arc rcleasecland the pressure device is'reliurtcd by means of the springs, as before described. As shown, 100 the pressure device is intended to be manually operated; but I do not restrict my invention to such arrangement.

in the drawings I have shown suitable connections for the purpose of moving the Io: former into intended operative relation to thcniolten body of glass, moving the bait into and drawing it away from the inoltcn body or glass and witlulrmving the former from Within the draw, but do not restrict. no myself to any particular mcclmnism for this purpose, as various mechanical H'lOtLIlS within the skill of a mechanic may be adopted for this purpose. According to the example of such means illustrated in the drawings the x15 induct and cduct pipes 5 and 6, by which a cooling lluid is circulated through the former, are guided in a cross-head 2() and arc con--v nected at their upper ends to an arm 21, with which is connected a rope or chain 22, passing over a pulley 23, that may be manipulated to raise and lower the former. The watcr-circulution pipes are connected with flexible hose 2-4, which accommodate-tl1emsolves to the movements of the former. r2 5 The body portion oi the drawing implcmcnt is provided with cycarms 30, which lit about and are slidable upon and guided by posts 25, depending from the cross-bend 20, and connected to said body PUI'llOn of the 1 0 BEST AVAILABLE COPY drawing implement are ropes or chains 27, which pass over pulleys or wheels 28 and are adapted either for mechanical or manual manipulation for Controlling the movement of said drawing implement.

To permit the, drawing implement to be held in. a stationary position as may be desired when the machine is out of operation or when it is desired not to lower the bait into the molten mass of 'material, eccentrics 29 are coriibined with the eyearins and arranged to bind upon the depending guide-posts 25in a manner that will be vious. In carrying outthe operation of drawing glass with. the apparatus of this invention the ormer is lowered by the use of any suitable means, one example of which is shown in the i drawings and'has been'des'cribed until prefglass, drawing the erably the cross-bar 3 thereof is partly submerged in the molten glass, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawingsand cooling fluid is caused to circulate therethrough. The former is thus in position to initiate and maintain the cross-sectional size and shape arates or divides the glass being drawn into sufilcient to prevent walls or sheets and chills and imparts sulficient set to the glass to prevent the walls of the draw collapsing after they pass beyond said cross-bar. The chilling or setting of the glass by the cooling efi'ect of this cross-bar is the walls collapsing. As the glass is drawn over or about the former it moves along and in contact with the vertical legs of the latter, the distance between which determines the width of the draw and, together with the cross-bar, imparts the desired.- cross-sectional shape thereto. The bait is drawn away from the molten glass until the desired'length of draw has been attained, after which the former is withdrawn from within the'draw and the draw is separated from'the molten bath by means of shears or in other suitable manner. The bait may now-be detached from. the body portion of the drawing im lenient and 'with the draw removed and t 1e latter annealed. Fromthis? operation it will be observed that no "auxiliary means or means in addition to the former and the drawing implement are re' uiredto 1m art the desired cross-sectional raw, and that such shape of the former, the drawing implement of course bethese iignres the former consists of two vertical legs 30, separated a desired distance from each other and provided. with means for circulation there-through of a cooling fluid, which may enter said legs through the pipes .31 and pass therefrom through the ipes 32. The maintaining of these vertical ormer-legs in a cool condition may, however, be accomplished in other manner-as, for example, by covering'the same with asbestos. lhe bait, which cooperates with these vertical former-legs, is indicated by the reference-nu1neral 33 and is in the form of two parts or sections hinged together, where by said parts may be opened out for the purpose hereinbeiore explained. The two arts of this bait are shaped at their ends, ass own at 34, to constitute sleevesto fit about the vertical former-legs during the o eration of raising and lowering the bait. he bait is grooved in the manner of the bait heretofore described with. relation to the other figures oithe drawings and for a like purpose. In the operation of drawing glass with thejuse of this modified form of a paratus a sheet, as distinguished from a tulFe, of glass is drawn, the former-legs serving-to initiate and maintain a uniform width and eross-sectional shape of the draw At a predetermined. point in the height of the former-legs theirdiameter is diminished, as shown, to facilitate the separation of the sheet from such former-legs after the desired length of sheet has been drawn.

The operation of drawing modified form of ap aratus andthe subsequent step of anneaing, with which, however, my invention has nothing to do, are substantially the same as those heretofore indicated with respect to the apparatus shown in the other figures of the drawings.

It will be observed from the foregoing explanation that the glass may be drawn from the molten mass in any desired shape, de pending upon the shape of the former, which m5 glass with the IIQ maybe varied at will, and that the glass is so drawing glass, according to which, so far as I am aware, cylindrical plated or poss'ble.

When it is forms only are contemesired to draw glass for the pur pose, for instance, or? wlndow glass-that 1s,

1n flat-sheet town-my invention, as shown in Figs. 1' to 6, is particularly valuable in that the draw 18 made in the form oftwo walls or ISO sheets of glass without flaws and perfectly i'lat. The consequence of the new combination of elements is the entire elimination of the heretofore necessary process of flattening, as when glass is drawn in cylindrical form. When glass is drawn in cylindrical form, it is necessary, as is well known in the art, to crack the cylinder and then subject it to a process of flattening, which requires expensive a paratus and the constant attendance of slril ed operators. According to my invention such expensive apparatus and operators are dispensed with, as glass drawn over a former of the configuration shown in the drawings results in two flat sheets of glass joined together by curved end walls, and when the draw is completed and detached from the apparatus the end walls can be readily separated from the flat-sheet walls thereof in any suitable manner, such as by cracking or by the utilization of other expedient known to the glass art.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a machine for drawing glass, the com-- bination of a former of a cross-sectional I the draw and a drawing implement surround-' shape and pro 'ortion suitable to initiate and ing said former. 3. In a machine for drawing glass, the combination of a former of a cross-sectional size and proportion suitable to initiate and I maintain the desired sha e of the draw,

means for circulating a coo ing fluid through said former, a drawing implement surrounds ing said former, and means for operating said former and drawing implement.

4. In a machine for drawing glass, a former having a lower cross-bar to separate the draw into a plurality of walls or sheets, and vertical legs along hich the draw is moved and which maintain the form of the draw.

5. In a machine for drawing glass, a wator-cooled former having a lower crossbar to separate the draw into a plurality of walls orsheets, and vertical legs along which the draw is moved and which maintain the form of thedraw.

6. In a machine for drawing glass, the combination of a former having a crosssectional form and proportion to initially shape a draw of glass, and a drawing implement to surround the former and to move upward therealong and relatively thereto, said implement being providod with a groove to rociiiv'e the glass when in molten condition.

7. inla machine for drawing glass, a drawing implement adapted to be dipped into a glass-bath and to draw glass therefrom, said implement provided with a groove to receive the molten glass, and means for compressing the molten glass into said groove.

8. in a machinefor drawing glass, the combination with a former, of a drawing implement. surrounding the former and arranged to dip into a glass-bath and to draw glass therefrom around the former, said drawing implement having a groove to re c'eive the molten glass, and means for compressing the molten glass into said groove.

9. In a machine for drawing glass, the combination of a former. and a drawing implement surrounding the former and arranged to dip into a glassbath, and to draw glass therefrom. around the former, said drawing implement having a groove to receive the molten glass, a presser device seated in the groove and adapted to press the molten glass against the bottom of the groove, means for normally holding the presser device in retracted or inoperative position, and means for imparting a working movement ti said presser device.

10. In a machine for drawin glass, the combination of a former an a drawing implement surrounding the former and arranged to dip into a glass-bath and to draw glass therefrom around the former, said drawing implement having a groove to roceive the molten glass, at prcsser device coop eratively arranged with relation to the groove and adapted to press the molten glass against the bottom 'ofsaid groove,yieldable means for normally holding the prcsser device in ino erative position, and independ: ent means i dr imparting aworking movement to said presser device.

11. In a machine for drawing glass, it glassdrawing bait com )osed of two 1novably-connected parts which may opened from each other to facilitate withdrawal of the glass therefrom, the axisof movement of said movably-connected parts extending depthwisc of said glass-drawing bait.

12. in a glass-drawing machine, the combination with a former, of a'glass-drawing implement movable over the former in a vertical direction and including a bait composed of two movablyconnccted parts which may be opened from each other to facilitate withdrawal of the glass therefrom, the axis of movement of the movahly-connected parts being vertical.

13. In a glass-drawing machine, a glassdrawing implement comprising a body part. and a bait detacl'iably connected with said body part, said bait having two movablyconnected parts which may be opened from each other to facilitate \viilulrawal of the glass from said bait, the axis oi" movomenl of the said movably-comiocled parts being disposed depthwiso of said implement.

' the molten glass;

drawing implement comprising abod part and a bait detachably connected? wit said body part and having movably-connected sections movable about an axis extending depthwise of the said glass-drawing imple ment, the bait being provided with a groove to receive a lip ofglass. e 15. In amachine for drawing glass, a drawing implement adapted to be dipped into a glass-bath and to draw lass therefrom, said implement provided with a groove'toreceive 16; In a machine for drawing glass; a glassdrawing bait composed of two movably-connected partswliich may be opened from each other to facilitate" withdrawal of the glass therefrom.

17. In a glass-drawing machine; the comformer, of a glass-drawing. of two movable parts which bination with a bait composed drawin may be opened from each other to facilitate withdrawal of the glass therefrom.

18. In a glass-drawing machine, a glassdrawing implement consisting of a body part and a bait composed of two movably-connected parts detachably secured to said body portion. V

19. In a glass-drawing machine, a glassimplement consisting of a body part and a ait composed of two-movabl -con nected parts detachably secured to sai body portion, said bait being provided with a groove to receive a lip of glass.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. I i v AUGUST RASPILLAIRE.

l/Vitnesses:

' JAMES C. FRAZER,

OHARLEs ,W. HELD. 

